Who cares what the groundhog says? The Gulf Stream says Spring is here! This is a composite image of the surface water temperature from satellite information. Its tilted a little but you can see the northern North Carolina coastline and the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.

For bluewater fishermen this chart is like the leaves coming out and the flowers and trees blooming to a turkey hunter--Its Time! ! ! Finally after a cold winter (though not very long!) it time to out and see what we can see and catch.

The fishing out of Oregon Inlet has been good. Yesterday, Saturday, several boats fished out of the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center. Overall the fishing was great. Several boats caught their limits of Yellowfin Tuna and were back to the dock early. The yellowfins were mostly in the 25-40lb class with a few 60-80lbers mixed in. There have been a few bigeye tuna caught also. The Point Runner caught one that went 156lbs on Friday. Mixed up sizes of bluefin tuna were also caught. Three boats brought in fish in the 150-200lb class. There were also several mako sharks and wahoo boated throughout the fleet Saturday. Even the first few dolphinfish of the season have showed up this week.

That chart shows a good push of warm gulfstram water coming up. The stream seems strong this spring. It could be a great few months ahead. Get ready for bluewater fishing, come fishing with us we'd love to have you.